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28KEEP IT FLOWINGCouple makes Napa County's vinoelegance a presence in Granite Bay.

46TRAVEL VIEW: CHINALocal expert explains why youshould feel the East luring you.

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Vintner’s View 52

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We’ve all heard of romantic guitar playing, but do Amer-

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While “romantic guitar playing” and “Roma guitar playing” are

different phrases, in the 1920s one musical genius from France’s

gypsy camps proved that his people’s hard, nomadic heritage

makes for the most romantic guitar sounds in the word.

April’s springtime weather is perfect for country driving,

and the Roma guitar can offer the ideal musical mediation for

cruising Placer’s rolling backroads.

The Gypsy Jazz legacy started with Django Reinhardt, who was born in 1910 and grew up in a Roma caravan that moved

around Belgium and the outskirts of Paris. Django proved a

guitar virtuoso in the tiny cafés of central France, though his

career almost ended when an errant candle lit his covered gyp-

sy wagon ablaze. His left hand was severely mutilated.

Django battled through the pain, ultimately creating an ap-

proach to playing guitar that only uses three fingers on the

fret board. This simple breakthrough allowed him to fuse the

soul of his Roma experience with America’s rising rhythms of

jazz. And so Django’s songs like “Limehouse Blues” and “Minor

Swing” are haunted by the excited speed of wandering through

life in the Old World, other times showing a lazily graceful ener-

gy in his soothing arpeggios. A composition in the vein of “My

Serenade” invokes the hesitant exuberance of strolling through

a European city at dusk, conjuring images of the West Bank at

sundown or films like “Midnight in Paris.”

And then there are pieces like “When Day is Done,” with its

opening barrage of haphazard chords, controlled by the exot-

ic, ringing dance of Django’s delicate solos, the notes harking

back to his lonely gypsy childhood. It’s a song where

his bending strings are filled with the operatic voice

of men destined for paupers’ graves — it’s a sound

that gently cries with the longing lament of a refugee.

When Django died at the age of 43 he’d given birth

to a cult following for Roma guitar that endures to this

day. One band capturing his spirit is Jazz Gitan, who will

perform at Nicholson’s MusiCafe in Folsom on May 21

at 4 p.m. You can also buy Django Reinhardt’s Greatest

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turning on cliffside avenues along the ocean. They are

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Science ofthe

OLD WORLDFor centuries, the health

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Sea have been touted

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Tousands still flock to

what is known as the

lowest and saltiest place

on earth, relaxing and

rejuvenating in waters

stirred with 29 percent saltand a bevy of minerals.

It is said that a float in

the Dead Sea can help

with breathing, skin and

pain-related issues —

washing people over with

a soothing, stress-relieving

experience. And Granite

Bay locals in search ofthese natural benefits do

not need to book a flight

to Israel: they can simply

take a trip to SALS on

Douglas Boulevard.

BY SCOTT NOBLE

Centuriesof tradition,new technologycollides forhealth at SALTSin Granite Bay.


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Granite Bay resident Erica Colby

opened the business in Decem-

ber and has been pleased with its

growing popularity. Flotation therapy, salt

room Halotherapy and an Infrared Sauna

are all integral to the facility’s appeal.

“I discovered Halotherapy after quite

a bit of research when looking for some-

thing to act as a preventative treatmentfor lung issues,” Colby recalled. “My hus-

band’s side of the family has a history of

lung cancer, and I wanted to improve his

chances for long-term good health and

Halo seemed like a perfect fit.”

Halo is a treatment in which people can

scrub their lungs of toxins by breathing

an aerosol salt vapor, which is created by

a special machine. Colby’s chamber for

this treatment mimics the air quality of an

old salt mine. She likens the experience to

getting one’s lungs worked with a tooth-brush. Colby says one testament to the

benefits of Halo treatment involves stud-

ies of the lung health for European salt

miners compared to the general public.

“The miners were found to have few-

er toxins in their lungs and their overall

lung health,” Colby pointed out. “And

their lung capacity was much better than

say, the average person.”

The casual, nondescript look of SALTS’

business front has teased a lot of Granite

Bay residents to wandering in through

serendipitous chance.

“Most people will walk in out of curios-

ity,” Colby observed. “After checking the

place out, they leave, do some research,

and eventually come back. After that,

they are usually hooked.”

Kim Cota works part-time at the spa

and remembers that once she learned

what the treatments offered, she decided

to give each a try in an effort to subdue her

ongoing back issues. The infrared Sauna

and floating therapy both felt fantastic,

and Cota now enjoys informing potential

clients through her own story.

“I have some pretty severe back prob-

lems and have tried other maintenance-

type programs, such as hot yoga, chiro-

practic and acupuncture, which are great,

but after one session of Infrared Sauna,

I was able to stretch without pain,” Cota

explained. “Combining the Infrared Sauna

CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

Floatation

therapy is

nothing new

around the

Dead Sea, but

it’s very new in

Granite Bay.

COURTESY PHOTOS

GRANITE BAY VIEW • APRIL 2016 9



with float therapy has given me more

relief than any traditional pain manage-

ment method.”

With an education in psychology, Colby

believes her natural curiosity and pen-

chant for research led to creating a facility

that is ideal for stress relief and promotingphysical health. She feels it’s the business

that she was always meant to run.

“When I was looking for something to

improve our health, I was also looking

for a new business venture and it seems

SALTS pretty much found me,” she ac-

knowledged.

For a growing list of clients, SALTS is

also a relaxing escape from the daily grind.

The Halo room has six lounge chairs and

is extremely quiet, with the exception

of lulling instrumental music that driftsabove: Its dimensions are washed in soft

illumination, while one wall is adorned

with bricks of Himalayan salt blocks with

colored back lighting. Its floor is also cov-

ered in crushed salt, which contributes

to the air quality of the vaporizer. When

walking in, clients tend to feel a change of

the energy.

“We live in a crazy world and we need

to take it down a notch once in a while,”

Colby said.

There is also a children’s Halo room

in the front of SALTS where parents can

take their kids to help with allergies,

bronchitis and other maladies. Cota sees

it as a perfect method for helping with

kids’ health without subjecting them to

the kinds of dramatic treatments they

tend to dread.

“They go in and there are toys,” Cota

explained. “Their parents are there with

them and they have fun while receiving

treatment for their lungs.”

She added that the kids’ room is a tes-

tament to how safe the therapy is, as it

only uses salt.

The floatation room and Infrared Sau-

na are equipped with full showers, as

well as luxurious towels, cloths, robes,

and slippers for each client. The floata-

tion room offers the option of low-to-

no light, along with piped-in music to

enhance the zero-gravity-like stress-re-

lieving experience.

continued from page 9

From salt rooms to

an infrared sauna,Granite Bay’s new

health center,

SALTS, is aimed

at relieving stress

and discomfortCOURTESY PHOTOS


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Colby describes the Infrared Sauna as

a process designed to heat from the in-

side out, while clients can periodically

exit the chamber to soak under the show-

er and then re-enter the sauna.

“It is kind of like a day at the beach,” she

said. “You take in the heat and get in the

water to cool off and repeat. The inside-out

heating of the I-R sauna also lets one stay

in longer, which removes more toxins.”

One very relaxed and satisfied SALTS

client, Karen Dunmoore of Granite Bay,

said she is glad she came back after check-

ing the facility out. Dunmoore stopped in,

went home and researched the therapies.

She’s been coming in for regular treat-

ments now for more than three months.

“It only gets better with every visit,”

Dunmoore noted, emphasizing that

SALTS therapies are more unique than

any others she’s tried.

“With SALTS’ treatment, I have a degree

of energy and clarity when I am done,”

Dunmoore continued. “I’m ready to take

on the day. As far as pain management, I

dislike drugs and the I-R sauna and flota-

tion are so much better when it comes to

my needs”.

For Colby, an added bonus of opening

her business in her hometown of Granite

Bay has been that it has allowed her to

connect with the wider community. She

has been able to donate sessions at SALTS

to a recent cystic fibrosis benefit and she’s

also hired Granite Bay High School stu-

dents to work on her business’ photogra-

phy for websites and social media.

“We like where we live, so we really

wanted to open here,” Colby stressed. “I

really want to help any and all, and the

best place to start is at home and grow

from there.”

“ It is kind of like a day at the beach. You take in the heat and get in the water to cool off and repeat.

The inside-out heating of the I-R

sauna also lets one stay in longer

which removes more toxins.

” Erica Colby, SALTS owner




In an era where most wedding and baby

gifts come from a discount chain store,

and hardly hold up to a few tumbles in

the dryer, there is something genuinely

unique about a handmade quilt. More

than a blanket, it’s a piece of art, one

made especially for you, and one you can

imagine handing down for generations.

Those fine-woven efforts will be on

display in Granite Bay on May 13 and 14.

The group putting on the show, the Ros-

eville Quilters Guild, is seeing an upsurge in

numbers. Celebrating its 25th anniversary

this year, the guild began with 5 or 6 wom-

en, but now has 187 members. Forty-six of

them joined in the last 12 months.

“We have lots of people wanting to join

and no cap on membership,” said Sue Hoff-

man, Chair of the upcoming quilt show.

Most prospective members attend a

guild meeting either with a friend or on

their own. The get-togethers are held on

the third Wednesday of every month, at 9

a.m. sharp, at Creekside Church in Rocklin.

“We have a hospitality chair who greets

people new to the guild, and makes them

feel welcome,” Hoffman explained. “And

the guild is very friendly.”

In fact, like any group worth its salt, its

members have seen each other through

good times and bad.

“My neighbor is 83 and was diagnosed

with Parkinson’s,” Hoffman recalled of the

woman who had mentored her through

her first quilting attempts in 2010, shortly

after Hoffman retired as a 7th grade sci-

ence teacher. “She was ready to give up

(the guild), but we wouldn’t let her. We kept

sending her people who would say, ‘I have a

problem with this quilt. Will you help me?’”

The guild accepts all levels of skill and

— as in the case of Hoffman’s neighbor —

advanced members are readily available

to mentor beginners. But the guild also

works in “mini-groups” of 6 to 8 women

who can bring along a novice, as well as

inspire the veterans.

“You learn so much just seeing what

other people are doing,” Hoffman said.

“And each year we do a mini-group chal-

lenge. Last year, we each did the same

pattern but using different fabrics.”

The result of that challenge was that

each offering was individually beautiful

and completely distinct from the others.

For the guild, this is a good example of

how truly creative quilting is.

“Until I retired, my creative outlet was

in the classroom,” Hoffman acknowl-

edged, “and I found I really missed that.”

Quilting has also entered the 21st Cen-

tury. Although some quilters still use

the “hand-piece” method for designs, a

popular new piece of computer software

called EQ7 is increasingly be employed

by quilters for that same purpose. What

many members of the guild like about it

is that the program predicts how much

fabric they need for each part of a quilt.

By hand or by iPad, guild members

design quilts for a variety of reasons:

wedding and baby presents, visiting

grandchildren’s twin beds, even to com-

memorate an important memory. Some-

one close to Hoffman recently lost a loved

one and had the relative’s clothing made

into a quilt. Hoffman herself plans to cre-

ate a “photo quilt” for each of her siblings

for Christmas this year, with special pho-

tographs from their childhood, each one

personalized. She’d also like to design a

quilt incorporating travel photos from her

and her husband’s many road trips.

“The sky’s the limit,” she said with

a laugh.

But it’s not just guild members’ friends

and family who have the luxury of receiv-

ing a handmade quilt. The group also

engages in a fair amount of community

service, working with some 25 nonprofit

organizations that include the pediatric

wing of UC Davis and Kaiser hospitals,

homeless and women’s shelters, veterans

organizations and respite care.

“We did a project with the Head Start

preschools that included a 2x2 quilt, a

book and a stuffed animal that went with

the book,” Hoffman explained. “The kids

loved those.”

ARTS | Quilting

BY THEA MARIE ROOD

The Fabric

of our Lives


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WHAT: 25 years of quilting

WHERE: Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Granite Bay

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday May 13 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday May 14

COST: $7 with free parking

Quilters Guild Show

Below:

Sue Hoffman

stands in front

of a quilt woven

together from

the work ofnumerous

quilting guild

members.

At left: A rainyafternoon is

captured withinthis quilt that will

be showcased at

an upcoming eventin Granite Bay.PHOTO BY

SCOTT THOMAS

ANDERSON




ARTS | Music

Almost every morning David Albertson walks his corgi-

shepherd Peso along the rail yard facing Vernon Street.

Rosevillains often wave from cars sailing by, though it

can be hard to get the 12-year music veteran’s attention. During

these daybreaks he’s in a zone, and the city he grew up in fades

a little as he and Peso forge ahead. Until recently, glimpsing Al-

bertson his four-legged sidekick near the switchyard was a daily

occurrence. But lately Roseville’s bass guitar bandit has been

scarce. He’s been hitting the road with multiple bands. Between

the continued ascent of Humble Wolf and nonstop jobs for his

tribute ensemble Thunder Cover, Albertson is beginning to trav-

el almost as far as the dingy steel rails that reach through the

heart of the city.

It’s about answering the call of the stage. For Albertson, the

thrill of connecting with the manic energy of a crowd — the feel-

ing of sending his bass notes into the ribs of dancing, shouting

people — is almost as rewarding as his work teaching young

musicians to be Roseville’s next generation of performers.

A number of music fans view Humble Wolf as the region’s

great rock hope. With two albums under its belt, the band’s ca-

reer keeps accelerating. It was crowned the top winner of the

Sammies music awards in 2015. It headlined the packed First

Festival in Sacramento’s Southside Park. It recently played at De-

schutes, the world’s largest street pub. Albertson’s band mates

agree his incessantly creative bass lines are an engine behind

their momentum. His favorite Humble Wolf song is “Black and

White,” a high octane, guitar-driven paean that imagines what

the Beatles would have sounded like if they used a towering wall

of Marshal amplifiers on the “The White Album.”

“One thing I think stands out about Humble Wolf is that

Jayson is a powerful singer-songwriter,” Albertson said. “He has

an ability to take the musical influences that all of our members

share and put a new spin on it.”

Albertson’s band mates share a similar view, as well as appre-

ciation for the Bass Man’s talents.

“I have been working with David musically for 15 years and

there is no one better or more driven than him,” Angove ob-

served. “He pushes me to be better and is a constant support in

my musical endeavors.”

Despite Humble Wolf’s growing popularity, Albertson has also

found time to form a tribute band called Thunder Cover, playing

hits from Queen and Nirvana, to the anthems of Michael Jack-

son and Garth Brooks. Albertson works with two of his Humble

Wolf compadres in this task, while also playing alongside Alex

Vincent and singer Laith Kaos.

Thunder Cover has been landing gigs from San Francisco and

Lake Tahoe all the way to Pendleton, Oregon. The band has been a

particular hit in casinos, bringing much needed musical levity to

the blinking lights, cracked corneas and spent dreams of the re-

gion’s slot floors. Just gambled your retirement away? Well, sit back

and smile as Thunder Cover puts a spin on “Another One Bites the

Dust” before melting it into the King of Pop’s “Billie Jean.”

Roseville’s

David Albertson

wows a crowd with

his bass licks as

Thunder Cover.

PHOTO BY

BRIAN PHILLIPS

begins BASS MAN

From Humble Wolf

to Thunder Cover,

music teacherrocks California’s

music scene.

BY SCOTT THOMAS ANDERSON


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G

ranite Bay’s Lorrie Wilson was recent-

ly honored by United Way for her work supporting local foster kids.

Wilson, a 37-year veteran of the State

Department of Transportation, has been

retired for several years and now co-

chairs the Women in Philanthropy group,

which funds a variety of services and

education initiatives for some 396 fos-

ter children across a five-county region.

Wilson believes that foster children are

indeed the most deserving of her group’s

efforts, as they are “true victims of cir-

cumstance” who — through no fault of

their own — have in most cases faced

tremendous hardship and abuse.

The programs Women in Philanthropy

fund for children and teens in the foster

system include financial training, where

each young person is provided with a

savings account and given matching

funds for any money that they save. An-

other program offers the kids a chance to

explore new jobs and careers, including

going on field trips to regional compa-

nies like Intel.

“The number one career chosen by

foster kids when they grow up is social

worker, because it’s the one profession

they have experience with.” Wilson said.

“Now, social worker is a noble profes-

sion, but we want to show the kids all the

possibilities.”

The work that Women in Philanthropy

does is primarily funded through mem-

bership fees, with the organization offer-

ing three levels of membership that range

from an annual $375 Bronze donation toa $1500 per-year Gold membership sta-

tus. While Wilson says the group is “tru-

ly blessed” with some 300 extraordinary

members in the region, her No. 1 goal

moving forward is to increase that mem-

bership total.

Women in Philanthropy also hold ad-

ditional events and fundraising drives

with the public throughout the year.

Coming up on April 20 is its “Towel

Drive,” in which the ladies collect new

towels and other household goods for

teenagers who are aging out of the fos-

ter care system. The goal is to give them a

hand up by making sure they are starting

off well-equipped with basic items need-

ed for every day life.

The honor Wilson was given in Decem-

ber by United Way for her role in this mis-

sion was presented by the California Capi-

tal Region’s President, Stephanie Bray.

During a gala event, Bray told Wilson

and five other honorees, “Your hard work,

dedication and dollars have changed thou-

sands of lives: Because of you, more chil-

dren at risk of falling behind are learning

to read at grade level. Because of you, more

children have access to meals through our

Healthy Meals program, which removes

the barrier of hunger for those children.

And, because of you, foster youth and fam-

ilies are connected with education and

coaching to achieve their financial and life

goals and dreams.”

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lots of smiles in

May 2014.

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Women in

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Granite Bay’sLorrie Wilson,

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by United Way

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supportingthe needs of

foster children

in the regionCOURTESY PHOTO



SERVICE

A

t age 15, Granite Bay High sophomore Anna Smith has

done her share of traveling, but never in flight frombombs and torturers. Having seen millions of people her

age and younger do so on TV due to the war in Syria, she’s no

longer content to spend spring break on a beach.

This year Smith, a Greek-American, spent March 21-28 on the

Greek island of Lesvos, on which thousands of Syrian refugees

arrive each week. There she teamed with two charities — the

Dirty Girls of Lesvos Island and Lighthouse Relief — to distrib-

ute supplies and otherwise help camps accommodate some

of the 6.6 million people who have been displaced from their

homes by sweeping military violence.

Born in Michigan before moving to Florida and then El Do-

rado Hills eight years ago, Smith has traveled to Greece before,

the homeland of her mother’s family where some of them still

reside. But she felt compelled to return when she saw videos

and news reports of the suffering and need on Lesvos, and she

thought her familiarity with the Greek language might be useful

at the camps.

“If you were living in Syria, it could be your neighbor. It could

be your family member,” she said, citing a statistic that more

than 220,000 people have been killed in Syria’s civil war since

2011. “These people are all affected, and it’s so far away that you

don’t think about it that much, and it doesn’t really hit you until

you watch one of these videos and do some more research.”

Smith did a Google search to find out how she could help, and

though most organizations on Lesvos require medical experi-

ence or an age over 25, she found a few that would take her, and

her parents didn’t need much convincing. In fact, they went too.

“I can’t go alone obviously, and I was doing research, and I

just brought it up to my parents and talked to them about it, and

they wanted to help as well,” she said.

Smith’s Greek aunt and grandmother joined them on the is-

land, and for the first couple days they worked in a warehouse

with Dirty Girls helping sort, clean and distribute laundry.

From

MISSION o n

a

to

Granite Bay GreeceBY ANDREW WESTROPE


Lifejackets, rubber rings and pieces of the rubber dinghys discardedon a beach near Molyvos, on the north coast of the Greek island

of Lesvos Oct. 2015. Lesvos has been a hot spot for migrants and

refugees arriving in inflatable boats from Turkey.

COURTESY PHOTO



Anna Smith takesa break from her

work at Granite

Bay High School.

Honoring her

Greek heritage,Anna Smith

convinced her

family to travel

to Greece in itstime of need.

PHOTO BY

ANDREW WESTROPE



“That’s a huge issue, just because it’s the winter months,” she

said. “It’s very cold, and a lot of people are freezing and things

like that, and they need a lot of help with that.”

Then they’ll work with Lighthouse Relief, an organization in

northern Lesvos that maintains a refugee camp, to distribute

clothes, food and water.

“The Greek government shut down their water supply for a

while, so they had to get liters and liters of water into the camp

just to keep everyone hydrated,” Smith said.

She also started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for

her trip, specifically to buy food, water and clothing for the

camps once she got there.

Smith said the casualty statistics coming out of Syria’s civil war

— more than 67,000 civilians dead, including 11,000 children —

are horrifying but edifying, a reminder to a generation self-ab-

sorbed in pocket technology and social media that other things

could use their attention.

And with college and employment on the horizon, she can

relate to the victims’ basic drive to find a better future. Unlike

them, she can more or less count on living to see the next day.

“It’s a huge number of people who need help, and they just

have nowhere else to go,” she said. “They just want to seek out

better lives for their children, better futures.”


Far Left: Nearthe town of Skala

Sikamineas on the

Greek island of

Lesvos, a husband,

wife, and their childkneel on the beach

overcome with

emotion moments

after arriving in acrowded inflatable

boat from Turkey.Top: A volunteer

lifeguard assists

migrants out oftheir boat after

they landed

near the town of

Skala Sikamineas.The coastline of

Turkey is visible

on the right.

At left: SyrianKurdish refugees

sit around a fire

to dry their socks

and shoes at KaraTepe camp nearMytilene, Lesvos,

Greece. The camp

was established for

refugees on theirway from Turkey to

the heart of Europe.COURTESY PHOTOS


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What might surprise South Placer food-

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Whatever you decide to sample, no

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And before tucking in to the tasting,

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with house-made simple syrup infused

with jalapeno and cilantro — definitely

a cocktail with a kick, and a Pearfection,

which is a dream of a drink, made with

pear puree and platinum vodka. And

high-end wine is always sublime with a

great meal, and Hawks has a new wine

storage system that allows them to sell

their best blends by the glass.

Next up, a delicate starter that pairs

Dungeness crab with greens, local Cara

Cara oranges and crispy sunchokes, gar-

nished with a Meyer lemon gel. The fla-

vor is light, the dish healthy, and even

non-seafood lovers will likely enjoy it.

The next course was a black garlic

farrotto, easily a full meal with trumpet

mushrooms and truffle foam. The dish is

served risotto style with creamy farrow,

and includes numerous mushrooms in

a variety of textures. According to Justin

Thompson, a member of Hawks’ man-

agement team, mushrooms are sourced


The plush outdoor seating at

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A evening crowd

relaxes at Hawks as

its chefs make foodin the back.

PHOTOS BY

MATTHEW WHITLEY

24 APRIL 2016 • GRANITE BAY VIEW



locally, while the black truffles come

from Perigord, from the Dordogne re-

gion in France. Thompson said what you

see on the menu is primarily dictated by

what’s fresh and what is in season.

“If something that you love is only on

the menu for a few days, it’s because the

freshest product is no longer available,”

Thompson said. “We won’t serve any-

thing that is lesser quality.”

Petrale Sole is on the menu, a fish pur-

chased from a purveyor in Monterey.

Often the produce is sourced from local

farmer’s markets. Everything that Hawks

serves is made in-house.

“We are a 100 percent scratch kitchen,”

Thompson said. “We don’t take shortcuts.”

The final course was the popular

slow-roasted short ribs served on a bit

of pommes puree (potato). Carrots and

roasted veggies finish the dish, and the

presentation is beautiful, and the flavor

— practically melt-in-your-mouth.

“The sauce on the short ribs takes a full

day to prepare, and the process is checked

during the night,” Thompson said.

The chef for the evening, Ed Lopez,

attended the Culinary Academy in San

Francisco, and he delights in seeing din-

ers enjoying their meals.

“I love preparing foods with the high-

est quality ingredients,” he said.

Desserts are mouthwatering, as most

discover with the Hawks Bar, a tasty treat

with layers of dark chocolate brownie

white chocolate with caramel, cream,

rice puffs and candied pecans. The ge-

lato is wonderful, as would be expected.

An unexpected pleasure was sampling

the light-as-air beignets.

Hawks has been in existence for over

eight years, and they offer seasonal tasting

menus. Check the website for updates.


“ “If something that you love isonly on the menu for a few days, it’s because the freshest product is no

longer available. We won’t serve

anything that is lesser quality.

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that sentiment home. Having traveled the

world, Sam and Lamya Malhorta are now

using their hard-won knowledge as vint-

ners to offer locals a direct doorway into

Napa County’s global fame.

The Malhortas have been part of the

community’s life along the lake for 19

years now, but it’s their ownership of Work

Vineyard in Calistoga that’s continuing to

elevate them from veteran wine sellers to

artisan wine makers, as well as giving them

the ideal tools to help vino connoisseurs

build nuanced, elegant bottle collections.

Throughout it all, the husband and

wife duo say their experience with lo-

cals has helped them live the proverbial

small-business American dream.

In the introduction to his book “Wine

and Dine Style,” Sam Malhorta recalls

that his childhood in India taught him

Wine tastings at Lakeside

Beverage in Granite Bay

often include Work

Vineyard, which is ownedby the Malhortas just

like the store itself.

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Sam and Lamya

Malhorta, owners

of Lakeside

Beverage inGranite Bay, pour

a glass of Cab from

the winery they

own in Napa Valley.PHOTOS BY

MATTHEW WHITLEY

that “nothing comes in life by begging — everything

comes through a ‘style.’” He also learned from his own

family that meals could be, or should be, spiritual cel-

ebrations of bringing friends, families and strangers

together. With those core values, Sam found himself

a young man working for the Indian government’s

Foreign Service in Baghdad. Whenever diplomats anddignitaries from around the world arrived in Iraq, and

needed to speak with Indian officials stationed there,

it was Sam’s job to show them around the best restau-

rants and drinking holes “the Cradle of Civilization”

had to offer. The assignment gave him the opportu-

nity to begin tasting the greatest wines in the world.

One night in 1981, on a floating restaurant on the

Tigris River, he got to know the Iraqi woman who

would become his partner in life. Lamya worked in

air travel in Baghdad and was a bit of an internation-

alist herself.

Sam and Lamya were eventually married, andthough each had good careers in the East, they even-

tually began to turn their gaze to the United States. In

1991 they arrived in Sacramento with a small stipend

of cash and their 1-year-old son, John.

“We were starting from zero again,” Lamya remem-

bered.

In Baghdad, Sam had developed his wine palate

for years on bottles from France, Italy and Spain. He

decided it would be invigorating to open a wine and

spirits store in Carmichael. After an established run

of success, he and Lamya set their hearts on opening

a similar business in Granite Bay.

Lakeside Beverage arrived in 1997 on Douglas Bou-

levard on the quiet side of the Folsom-Auburn Road

intersection. By then the Malhorta family had grown

to include a daughter, Zina. Sam soon had the novel

idea of fusing his wine and spirits store with an in-

house tasting bar. He saw a chance to allow locals

to sample wine varietals from around the state and

whiskeys from across the world. The idea stirred im-

mediate excitement in Granite Bay.

“Before you knew it, it was like a revolution,”

Lamya explained. “People were loving it. The concept

was incredibly well received.”

The ever-flowing wine at Lakeside led young John

and Zina to some star-struck moments as enter-

tainers like Eddie Murphy and members of the Sac-

ramento Kings’ famed “Dream Team” — including

Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic and Brad Miller — be-

gan making the store a regular hangout. It was a fun

experience, but for Sam and Lamya, getting to know

multiple generations of South Placer families was the

most rewarding aspect.

“I’ve had people start learning about wine here,

who used to come in with the store with their parents

when they were children,” Sam observed. “We’re on

our second generation of customers, and I can cer-

tainly say this area has been good to us.”

Sam’s years selling and recommending California

wines had also brought him into the orbit of Napa

County vintner Henry Work, who owned Work Vine-

yard in Calistoga. In 2007, Work decided to retire. If

he was going to sell his vineyard, he wanted to sell itto a friend and wine expert he respected: Thus Sam

and Lamya were allowed to purchase it. The couple

threw themselves into every aspect of the winemak-

ing process, and after eight years of being immersed

in it, they claim the benefits have transferred to their

Granite Bay customers on numerous levels.

“It was a platform we were always looking for from

the other side of the fence,” Sam said. “It really lifted

us from the status of a retailer to someone who un-

derstands Napa from another perspective.”

Lamya agreed, adding, “It’s brought so much to our

knowledge and expertise of the wine industry: We’reinvolved in every aspect of wine now, from growing

the grapes, the fermenting, tasting and the bottling

process, to getting products on the shelves.”

Numerous Granite Bay wine lovers have now

traveled to Work Vineyard, finding that quintessen-

tial Calistoga view of sunny, vine-studded valleys

sprawling under the foot of rustic California hills.

They’ve also found glasses of Work’s highly acclaimed

Sauvignon Blanc, which has consistently grabbed

high marks from Wine Enthusiast Magazine. People

ravenous for red wine can tip a glass of Work’s Cab-

ernet Reserve, a smooth flavor-swirl of deep, earthy

hues and satin touches of liquorish. It’s one Cab that

doesn’t have an over-the-top tannin bite.

Lakeside Beverage hosts wine tastings every Friday

and Saturday evening, pouring selections not only from

Work Vineyard, but from grape appellations across the

Golden State. Sam samples wine varietals from more

than 300 different vineyards every year. Of those, only

a dozen end up getting showcased for customers at

Lakeside Beverage. As Sam moves closer to having a

decade of winemaking under his own belt, he says that

in the rare cases when other vintners are trying to sell

him wines with a low-quality taste or nonsensical price

point, the excuses just don’t pass muster.

“Every wine we sell at the store is good,” Sam em-

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they’re looking for — what kind of meal they’re pair-

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BROTHERS Band of

Granite Baylacrosse seeksthird-straightNCS appearance.

It’s not something Brandon Beland is likely

to forget anytime soon. It was near the endof April last year when the Granite Bay

High boys lacrosse program hit the road

to face Oak Ridge in a league match.

As Beland went to make his cut toward

the net, he twisted funny and hit the turf.

BY STEVEN WILSON



“I was just dodging (someone) and my ankle kind of rolled

and the knee just gave out. I tore my ACL and meniscus,”

Beland explained.

As the team’s leading scorer at nearly three goals per game,

the Grizzlies not only lost their brother in arms on that play, but

they lost a good chunk of their offensive production. He was

done for the year.

But even without him, the Grizzlies still managed a clean

sweep through the Sacramento Valley Lacrosse Conference

slate en route to team’s second-consecutive conference cham-

pionship, finishing 7-0 with a pair of wins in the season-ending

league tournament.

Granite Bay moved on to the North Coast Section playoffs,

but suddenly missed their electric offensive playmaker.

“He didn’t play against Amador (Valley) the second time

around and that was a big difference — well, it’s a difference of

three goals,” Grizzlies coach Scott Pink pointed out.

For the second time in as many years, Granite Bay’s season

came to an end in the NCS postseason as the Grizzlies lost a

10-7 match on the road to Amador Valley — the same team they

beat earlier in the year at home, 8-7, in overtime.

“You could argue that we’ve been snakebitten the last two

years (in the NCS playoffs) because we really haven’t had a full

team,” Pink acknowledged. “Two years ago, one of our main

long stick middle was unavailable and that threw us off. And last

year, we were missing our two leading scorers.”

Despite having a 4-1 lead early in the first quarter of that quar-

terfinals match up, the Grizzlies trailed at halftime and couldn’t

catch up. Without the likes of Beland, Will Duval, Ethan Smith


HEAD COACH: Scott Pink

2015: (15-3, 7-0 SVLC)

TOP RETURNING PLAYERS:

Will Duval Senior – Attacker

Brandon Beland Senior – Attacker

Ethan Milner Senior – Midfielder

Jared Baer Senior – Defender

Justin Baer Senior – Attacker

Ethan Quinn Senior – Midfielder

Ethan Smith Junior – Midfielder

Spencer Carlson Junior – Defender

Jeremy Neifert Junior – Goalkeeper

Evan Tattersall Sophomore – Defender

Nolan Stabbert Sophomore – MidfielderTOP NEWCOMERS:

Elliott Hyman Freshman

Cade Teague Freshman

Matt Solone Freshman

KEY DEPARTURES:

Will Stabbert, Defender

Ryan Arneson, Goalkeeper

Ben Smith, Midfielder

Scott Zabrowski, Attacker

Granite Bay

High SchoolBoys Lacrosse

At Left: Returning

from a

season-ending

knee injury,

BrandonBeland is back

and near full

health as

the Grizzliesseek a third-

consecutivetrip to the

North Coast

Sectionplayoffs.PHOTOS BY

BRIAN BAER


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and a host of other attackers, Granite Bay’s

postseason run came to an abrupt halt.

“Its extremely tough (to watch that

happen) because you just want to be out

there playing, especially towards the end

of the season when it matters,” Beland

confessed. “But I’m doing a lot better now

and we’re hungry to make it back to NCS.”

Granite Bay, which ended last seasonranked No. 3 in the North Coast Section,

kicked off its 2016 season in late February

with a 13-1 victory over Justin-Siena. The

team boasts six future NCAA players on its

roster and they’re looking for a Sacramen-

to Valley League three-peat.

“This is probably the strongest, most-tal-

ented senior class we’ve had in

many years, maybe ever,”

Coach Pink admitted.

With the return of the spring season,

Beland has been able to ramp up his pro-

duction on the field. He says he’s close

to 100 percent and that’s good news for

the Grizzlies.

“It was a rough start at the beginning

of the season,” he admitted, “but (this

week) I was able to play a full game, so

in that aspect (my knee) is doing great. I

still have some work to do to have it back

to full strength.” Already committed to play Division I

lacrosse at UMass Lowell next year, Be-

land hopes to make the most of his final

year in a Granite Bay jersey before he

continues his career at the next level.

“He’s looked really good so far,” Pink

added. “He’s quicker and he’s in really

good shape, so I’m excited to see what

he can do this year.”

With Beland and fellow se-

nior attacker Will Duval back

from injuries and leading the

charge, the Grizzlies have a

potent offensive punch that

few teams have been able to

stop. Currently, the team is 3-1

and is ranked No. 1 in the state

and No. 27 in the nation.

“This is definitely the most

talented team I have ever

played on and I’m proud

of every single one of

the guys so far,” junior

midfielder Ethan Smith

admitted.

Although he’s an un-

derclassmen, Smith will

be counted on to help

fill the void of the five se-

niors who graduated last

year, including Will Stab-

bert, who was named an

All-American defensem-

an and the League’s Player

of the Year in 2015, and three-year starting

goalkeeper Ryan Arneson.

“That’s the biggest challenge, because

Ryan was a three-year starter for us,”

Pink said. “He was constantly getting

All-League honors or Player of the Year

awards, so he’s going to be hard to re-

place — you really can’t replace him. But

we’re very please with our two goalies.”

“ This is probably the strongest, most-talented senior class we’vehad in many years, maybe ever.

” Scott Pink, Granite Bay High Schoolboys lacrosse coach


Head coach ScottPink leads the

Grizzlies into

the 2016 regular

season with high

expectations.PHOTOS BY BRIAN BAER

Junior goalie Jeremy Neifertreplaces long time starter

Ryan Arneson.

36 APRIL 2016 • GRANITE BAY VIEW



Splitting time in the cage, junior Jere-

my Neifert and sophomore Mitch Tullo

will try to match the production of one of

the best goalies the area has seen as Arne-

son left Granite Bay to join the Division II

ranks and Limestone College’s program.

“It’s hard to replace Ryan, but in time I

think these guys could get near that lev-

el,” Pink confessed. “They’re two differ-

ent types of players — One is bigger and

stronger, and the other is quicker and a

little more agile, but they’re both good.”

The pair has combined to give up just

14 goals over the team’s first three games

and they managed to hold Amador Val-

ley to eight goals on Tuesday night as the

Grizzlies earned a redemption win.

“That was a back and forth game,”

Pink explained. “But we managed to hold

them off and possess the ball at the end

of the game. That was a big win for us

because they were undefeated and they

were the No. 1 ranked team, at least at

the time.”

Now there’s a new No. 1 and they are

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1 8402 Acorn Drive, Granite Bay 95746-9570 $480,0002 6505 Arabian Circle, Granite Bay 95746-9302 $530,000

3 6381 Buckeye Lane, Granite Bay 95746-9681 $725,000

4 5046 Chelshire Downs Road, Granite Bay 95746-6750 $730,000

5 6697 Eureka Road, Granite Bay 95746-9670 $686,500

6 910 Fielding Court, Granite Bay 95746-7136 $730,000

7 4645 High Court, Granite Bay 95746-6026 $269,000

8 7880 Hill Road, Granite Bay 95746-9513 $375,000

9 1085 Hutley Way, Granite Bay 95746-7161 $585,000

10 731 Intarsia Court, Granite Bay 95746-6446 $635,000

11 9601 Jorney Court, Granite Bay 95746-7196 $1,050,000

12 8620 Kingsgate Drive, Granite Bay 95746-6112 $655,000

13 8600 Los Lagos Circle South, Granite Bay 95746-5805 $1,195,000

14 6130 Mica Way, Granite Bay 95746-9675 $475,00015 7170 Morningside Drive, Granite Bay 95746-8154 $550,000

16 1143 Muirfield Drive, Granite Bay 95746-7169 $535,000

17 6022 Princeton Reach Way, Granite Bay 95746-9683 $1,199,000

18 9420 Richford Lane, Granite Bay 95746-7201 $635,000

19 9850 Village Center Drive, Granite Bay 95746-6660 $590,000

20 9772 Wexford Circle, Granite Bay 95746-7117 $837,000

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TRAVEL

Rocklin’s Stan Godwyn is a nationally recognized expert

on Chinese travel who speaks fluent Mandarin and has

been escorting Americans on trips through the East for more

than 20 years. He works for the Travel Store in Sacramento.

CHINA

the call of

The world’s

busiest placehas bothsceneryand life inhyper-speed.

BY STAN GODWYN

Answering



Not many months ago, I was look-

ing out of the window of the Four

Seasons hotel overlooking modern

Shanghai. Shanghai Tower was dwarfing

the once impressive Jinmao Tower, and

I was thinking back to 1987 and my first

impression of China from the window

of a 747. Back then, flying over the fields

and villages there were only a few lights

showing. I had wondered where the

great city was. At 9 p.m., the old airport

was musty and quiet, and other than

our flight, there was no one there. We sat

waiting to take off for Beijing, surround-

ing a single, black-and-white TV showing

a movie about the civil war. Looking out

the windows, there was little to see past

a dark tarmac with half a dozen aircraft

and a few military personnel lounging

around smoking.

Fast forward to 2016. The Pudong Air-

port is one of the busiest in Asia. Shang-

hai boasts one of the highest standards

of living in the region and, literally and

symbolically, it is now a city of lights.

What does one need to know if con-

sidering a trip to China? The first thing

to realize is that it is big — larger than

the United States, including Alaska. And

there are simply a lot of people: 1.3 Bil-

lion or more. The sheer number of bod-

ies affects everything in China. Almost all

of the people are packed into the eastern

third of the country, an area about half

the size of the US. Until very recently,

China was a poor country where almost

everything was in short supply. The ef-

fects of that era are obvious. Standing

around and patiently waiting your turn

in China is not productive. Americans

who go to China are often surprised by

what they perceive as a lack of courtesy.

Yes, Chinese push and shove and they

don’t tend to queue-up very well. I have

been elbowed in the ribs by some of the

sweetest little old ladies you have ever

seen, especially if they wanted to glimpse

something I was looking at.

Change has been a constant in China.

In the 1950s, millions of people died from

a politically created famine. As recently

as 1976, the country was in the grip of the

Cultural Revolution, during which time

the pursuit of personal wealth was de-

monized. Things are different now. There

is enormous disparity between those who

have made it in China and those who have

not. The living standard in Shanghai rivals

Italy, while in remote Guizhou, it is closer

to West Africa. Without making blanket

condemnations of all wealthy Chinese,

there is definitely a streak of flaunting

one’s wealth. Topics of conversation that

are strictly taboo in the West — like how

much money you make or how much you

paid for something — are fair subjects top

bring up in China.

The first time a Chinese acquaintance

patted me on the belly and said, “You are

very fat, you must be rich,” — well, it took

some getting used to.

The American traveling to China will

be out of his or her comfort zone. So

why would anyone want to go? China

is one of the very few great civilizations

in the world. Most archaeologists agree

that it is one of only three places on the

globe where civilization developed inde-

pendently. China is second in age only

to Mesopotamia, modern Iraq, which is

off the tourist track at the moment. Chi-

na tracks a written history dating back

nearly 4,000 years. It was the dominant

Left: Uyghurkids gather

around the

main square in

Kashgar, China.

Far left:

A section of

the Great Wall

of China in

Simatai, anarea of the

country thatis less visited,

less crowded

and far morerugged than

main tourism

destinations.PHOTOS BY

STAN GODWYN




cultural influence for all of Asia, which is

half of the world’s population. Even the

Europeans were in awe of Ancient China.

The wearing of Chinese silk was a sign of

wealth and decadence in ancient Rome

and the trade in tea, silk and porcelain

from the East was a driving force in thedevelopment of the European empires.

The spectacles of history to witness

in China start with the Great Wall. Sadly,

much of the Great Wall has been lost to

time — in Inner Mongolia all that is left

are large piles of dirt. The stone and brick

has long been stripped away to make

houses. But there are several places where

one can see and walk on the wall, from

the much-visited Badaling Section near

Beijing, to the remote Jiayuguan Fortress

that marks the western end of the wall atthe edge of the Gobi Desert. Europe may

have castles on hill-tops but China has

walled cities. In Shanxi province lies the

walled city of Pingyao, where visitors step

back in time to the Ming Dynasty. Much

of Nanjing’s wall survives, but the most

impressive city wall I have seen is at Xi’an.

Xi’an is, to my mind, a must visit desti-

nation in China. Beijing has been the cap-

ital for the last 600 years, but Xi’an was the

capital of the first dynasty to unify China

in 221 BC and was the seat of power for

all or parts of 11 dynasties, including the

mighty Han and Tang. What really brings

people to Xi’an is the Terracotta Army.

Qin Shi Huangdi unified China in 221 BC,

and the Terracotta Warriors are a part of

his tomb complex. They were forgotten to

history until 1974, when they were redis-

covered by peasants digging a well. I have

seen the Terracottas maybe 40 times, and

it still takes my breath away every time I

walk in the place: Thousands upon thou-

sands of hand-crafted, life size warriors

armed and arranged in battle formation

Last year, I visited the ruins of cities in

the Gobi Desert that were destroyed by

Genghis Khan. In small towns in rural

China, one is likely to find a temple ded-

icated to the leading local family with re-

cords dating back 2,000 years that include

all of the births, marriages and deaths. Ev-

ery Chinese city has a temple, monument

or garden — and all have stories to tell.


China’s ancient Terracotta Warriors

are icons of its history.

PHOTO BY STAN GODWYN



An experience in China is not just about

history either. Chinese culture often baf-

fles westerners. Much is based on the

philosophy of Confucius, and there are

numerous temples marking his life and

teachings. Buddhism did not originate in

China, but was the most widely followed

religion for over 1,000 years. Modern fol-

lowers of Buddhism might find a tour of

the sacred mountains and grottoes of

China rewarding. And there is more to

culture than religion: Most Chinese are

ethnic Han, and, with distinct regional

variations, share a culture. All celebrate

Chinese New Year’s and Mid-Autumn Fes-

tival and Qingming, when one remem-

bers one’s ancestors. In the South, Dragon

Boat Day is a big deal.

Did I mention the food? There is vast

variation on the cooking styles and fla-

vors of cooking across China, from the

subtle hints of Cantonese cuisine to the

ferociously spicy Hunanese. Virtually ev-

ery corner of the country has its own take

on noodles.

Many people in China are not Han.

There are Tibetans, Mongolians, Ui-

ghurs and other groups. Some have held

on to their traditional life styles betterthan others. I strongly encourage vis-

iting some of the more out-of-the-way

corners of the country. I recently spent

a few days in Shangri La, on the edge of

the Tibetan Plateau, exploring Monaster-

ies that were free of crowds. That was a

trip that included a real dose of China’s

natural beauty. The current perception

of China in the West is that it is not a

particularly beautiful country. Beyond

Beijing’s epic smog this vast nation has

some striking scenery; the mountains ofGuilin, the Gorges of the Yangtze or the

spires of Zhangjiajie. From high moun-

tains and remote deserts, to tropical is-

lands and frozen forests, China has abso-

lutely spectacular scenery.

Perhaps the biggest hurdle to traveling

in China is language. One does not pick

up Mandarin in a day. It is a language that

has nothing in common with English and

it takes years of study to reach anything

like a level of proficiency. English is almost

universally taught in Chinese schools from

an early age, but real fluency in English is

nowhere near as common as it is in Eu-

rope. It may sound a bit biased, given my

profession, but arranging for profession-

al guides to assist has many advantages

in China. The most upset travelers that I

have ever met have been those who don’t

speak the language and are a couple of

weeks into a solo trip through the country.

I recall once running into a British couple

on a train after I had just finished taking a

group on a lovely visit to Suzhou. The peo-

ple I’d escorted were laughing, joking and

talking about what a wonderful time they

were having. The Brits were cowering in

the corner. I struck up a conversation with

them and discovered that, after two weeks

of not being able to understand anything

around them, or make themselves under-

stood, they were giving up to go home.

They had nothing kind to say about China

or the Chinese people. It was sad.

Rocklin’s Stan Godwyn holds

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